Victoria Reyes-García#
| Membership Number: | 7386 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Affiliated section(s): | HUMAN MOBILITY, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND SUSTAINABILITY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.icrea.cat/community/icreas/17530/victoria-reyes-garcia/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-2914-8055 |
| Publication Link: | https://www.icrea.cat/community/icreas/17530/victoria-reyes-garcia/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 - present ICREA Research Professor, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
- 2006 - present Associate Professor, Dept of Anthropology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- 2018 - 2021 Visiting Scientist, CEFE (CNRS), Montpellier, France
- 2010 - 2017 Visiting Scientist, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India
- 2006 - 2008 ICREA Researcher, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
- 2002 - 2008 Visiting Scholar, Center for International Development, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, USA
- 2001 - 2002 Research Associate, Tropical Conservation and Development Program, U. of Florida, USA
- 1997 - 1999 Teaching Assistant, Dept of Anthropology, U. of Florida, USA
- 1995 - 1996 Researcher, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ecuador
- 1989 - 1995 Research Assistant, Dept of Economics and Economic History (Dr. Joan Martínez-Alier), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Biocultural diversity
- Local indicators of climate change impacts
- Traditional ecological knowledge
- Sustainability science
- Global Change
- Indigenous and local knowledge systems
- Biodiversity conservation
- Human-environment interactions
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Premi Rei Jaume 1, Protección del Medio Ambiente
- 2022 Académie d’Agriculture de France, Membre associé (Section 7: Environment et territoire)
- 2022 Falling Walls Winner, Social Sciences & Humanities
- 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Florida
- 2021 National Academy of Sciences of the United States, International member (Section 51, Anthropology)
- 2020 “Narcís Monturiol” Medal for scientific and technological merit. Generalitat de Catalunya.
- 2018 - 2023. PI, Local indicators of climate change impacts. The contribution of Indigenous and Local knowledge to climate research. ERC Consolidator Grant (FP7-771056-LICCI).
- 2011 - 2015 PI, The adaptive nature of culture. A cross-cultural analysis of the returns of Local Environmental Knowledge in three indigenous societies. ERC Starting Grant (FP7-261971-LEK).
